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Marc Blank-Settle @bbcmarc on Threads

@marcsettle

BBC mobile journalism (mojo) trainer. Apps, kit, mojo workflows; also Wedding Present & Arsenal. My views ≠ BBC. RT = worth reading. Sharing apps ≠ endorsement

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My guess is that if you are suckered into taking an online IQ test after seeing an ad for it on Twitter, the test will merely confirm that your IQ isn’t that high…

My guess is that if you are suckered into taking an online IQ test after seeing an ad for it on Twitter, the test will merely confirm that your IQ isn’t that high…
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I didn’t get tickets for #Oasis. I guess that puts me in the same boat as the millions (?) who tried to get some but failed, while I decided to cut out the middle man and just not bother.

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<rant> While it's nice that people come to me for advice on what mic/tripod/cage to buy for their phone, I do wish they'd include guidance on price/features etc. I don't go to a restaurant & say "I'd like a meal, please", leaving the waiter to ask what type/how much etc.

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<rant> (it's one of those days) When four people on my smartphone training course have an iPhone SE & one an iPhone 11 Pro (roughly the same vintage), it complicates things that two late joiners have an iPhone 15...and a Galaxy S10 (although it's true that story outweighs phone)

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I’m sure there are echoes of Fiji in the provincial towns in England where I usually deliver my training. Very very faint, tiny, distant echoes….

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One feature in iOS 18 is to set up a Vocal Shortcut so your device performs an action, based on what you say to it - not simply by saying "Siri, lock my screen" I've set this up so saying "Save me, Tim Davie" locks my screen.

One feature in iOS 18 is to set up a Vocal Shortcut so your device performs an action, based on what you say to it - not simply by saying "Siri, lock my screen"
I've set this up so saying "Save me, Tim Davie" locks my screen.
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Aaaaand this is why you should rarely listen to ChatGPT about things which haven’t happened (let alone things which have!) Very little in this is correct… #AppleEvent

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This might be a hard one to convey in 16 Pro review videos, given many people will consume them on their phones…which don’t have the greatest speakers. Maybe if you listen on headphones…but if not, will people be able to hear the differences offered by Spatial Audio?

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One of the few true innovations with the iPhone 16 pro models is the Camera Control button. It’s going to be really tricky to access once it’s in a cage like this…?

One of the few true innovations with the iPhone 16 pro models is the Camera Control button. 
It’s going to be really tricky to access once it’s in a cage like this…?
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The only thing worse than AirDrop failing is having both your Mac and iPhone telling you the content failed to arrive...yet it actually did arrive and because you sent it three times, you've now got it three times. Despite it failing three times.

The only thing worse than AirDrop failing is having both your Mac and iPhone telling you the content failed to arrive...yet it actually did arrive and because you sent it three times, you've now got it three times. Despite it failing three times.
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Apple’s big document about iOS 18 has been updated to say that you can record a FaceTime audio call on the device. This feels big? It means high-quality iPhone to iPhone recordings, no extra kit involved? #mojo

Apple’s big document about iOS 18 has been updated to say that you can record a FaceTime audio call on the device. This feels big? It means high-quality iPhone to iPhone recordings, no extra kit involved? #mojo
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Big question for #Arsenal fans - do we gloat at Liverpool supporters now, after their surprising home defeat to Nottingham Forest…knowing it could come back to haunt us when we play away at Spurs tomorrow lunchtime? Or hang fire until that game is played?